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Small purple flowers (maybe lilacs?) in bunches in a wooden basket, on a white table, and in a white vase. One sprig is in a teardrop shaped clear vase next to a pair of silver scissors, There is a stack of books in the bottom left. The top one is fanned open.

January 6, 2025

2025 Reading Challenge Book List

Image by Ioana Motoc on Pexels.This is my 5th year participating in the Calm Scribe Reading Challenge. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a list of 26 types of books, and participants get to pick which specific books to read.I love this because:26 books is a fairly realistic goal for me. It inspires reaching
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A young, white woman with reddish blonde hair sits at a picnic table reading a book. There are flowers and grapes around her on the table, as well as a straw hat.

January 1, 2025

🎉I Did It! 2024 Reading Challenge

Featured image by Daka on Pexels.com.I participated in The Calm Scribe’s Reading Challenge for 2024. Today I’m looking back to see how I did.The GoalLast year I didn’t hit my goal of reading 26 books, with more of them being off the original planned list. So I reused that as my goal this year. From the ListWith
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The letters BDS. The B and D have red target arrows pointing down above them. The S is in the red triangle of the Palestine flag. Underneath, it says "Until Palestine is free."

January 25, 2024

BDS Targets and Alternatives

Featured Image: By Kristen Otenti. Created in Affinity Designer.  Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its definition in a new window (external). What is BDS?The short answer is BDS = Boycott, Divest, Sanctions. It’s a way to force Israel to stop its apartheid against Palestine. If you need a longer
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A young redheaded girl in a light blue dress, white tights, and pale pink ballet flats sits cross-legged on a table next to a pile of books, some papers, and some markers in a black mesh pencil holder. She's wearing round, brown rimmed glasses and is reading a hardbound book.

January 9, 2024

2024 Reading Challenge Book List

Image by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.This is my 4th year participating in the Calm Scribe Reading Challenge. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a list of 26 types of books, and participants get to pick which specific books to read.I love this because:26 books is a fairly realistic goal. It inspires reaching out of
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A book, printed in the cyrillic alphabet (so Russian or similar language), open to page 238, partially covered in snow. The background is a snow-covered clearing among evergreen trees.

December 30, 2023

It Got Away From Me at the End: 2023 Reading Challenge

Featured image by Philipp Aleev on Pexels.com. I participated in The Calm Scribe’s Reading Challenge for 2023. Today I’m looking back to see how I did.The GoalSince I hit the mark of reading 26 books last year via adding new books as I went, I wanted to read more books from my original list this year.From the
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Four white and pink tulips lay on an open book.

January 5, 2023

2023 Reading Challenge Book List

Image by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.Welcome to my 3rd year of participating in the Calm Scribe Reading Challenge. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a list of 26 types of books, and participants get to pick which specific books to read.I love this because:26 books is a fairly realistic goal (I actually reached it
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An orange book lying closed on a white bed. Black rimmed glasses rest on top of the book.

December 28, 2022

Getting It Done (Kinda): 2022 Reading Challenge

Featured image by Sincerely Media from Unsplash. Edited in Affinity Designer.I participated in The Calm Scribe’s Reading Challenge for 2022. Today I’m looking back to see how I did.From the ListI read 16 of my 26 originally planned books. I read two more that were substitutions:Instead of This Life or the Next by Demian Vitanza, I read The
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Inside, a person with dark, curly hair wearing a yellow hoodie is engrossed in something on their laptop. Outside, a person with long blonde hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a white fleece coat is trying to get their attention. Yellow hoodie is labeled "A surprising number of people, TBH. There's an arrow pointing to the laptop with the words, "The queen is still dead." The person outside is labeled "actual news."

September 23, 2022

Roundup: Things that are More Important than a Dead Queen

Featured Image: Photo by cottonbro. Edited in Affinity Designer.   Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its definition in a new window (external). 4 for NowWith all the media coverage, you’d think England’s queen dying is the event of a lifetime. But if you look past those headlines, you’ll find
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Two white plates on a wooden table. The top left has a stack of waffles topped with whipped cream and strawberries. The bottom right has a stack of pancakes topped with butter and sausage patties on the side.

September 9, 2022

This Blog Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us: Mutual Exclusivity

Featured Image: Photo by Jeswin Thomas on Pexels.   Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its definition in a new window (external). 4 for NowOne of my early 4 for Now posts was about false dichotomies. To refresh, a true dichotomy is when there are only two options, and they
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A framed image of a red "X" on the left, with an arrow pointing to the right at a lit, yellow lightbulb.

August 26, 2022

More on Framing: Mistakes and Concepts

Featured Image: Frame by Pixaline on Pixabay. Lightbulb by Clker-Free-Vector-Images on Pixabay. Edited in Affinity Designer.   Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its definition in a new window (external). 4 for NowMy introduction to framing explained what framing is, two major worldviews, and why framing is important. This time,
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Red, green, purple, and yellow glitched flowers. The pink text over the flowers says housing is a human right.

August 12, 2022

Homelessness May Be Closer Than You Think

Featured Image: Original art by Gonzo, a homeless artist. If you’re able to donate to him, his CashApp is $PeaceLoveSprayPaint and his Paypal is PayPal.me/plspraypaint.   Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its definition in a new window (external). 4 for NowNews about homelessness often comes from LA and other
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A version of the 3-stage galaxy meme using a femme model. The captions say "not smart," "smart," and "Intelligence is used as a hierarchical construct to assign a person's (often long-term) worth based on the imprecise measurement of one's ability to perform specific tasks at a singular moment in time."

July 29, 2022

Intelligence: A Construct Built on Bigotry

Featured Image: “Galaxy Brain” meme images by Jon Manning includes Brain by mahesh, Realistic Human Basemesh by Ozne000, and Stellar nursery in the arms of NGC 1672 by NASA & ESA. Bahnschrift font by Aaron Bell. Edited in Affinity Designer.   Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its definition
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